Surprisingly Progressive Pirates

As a kid, when I thought of pirates I dreamed of absolute freedom with plenty of swashbuckling. When I grew up, I realized that pirates were bloodthirsty savages who deserved to be strung for their unforgivable crimes against countless civilians. So terrible was their...

Amazon Notifications Regarding Copyright

Image this: You have the perfect campaign lined up, and are counting the days before you finally start paying off the cost of those ads. Then, you receive an email from Amazon accusing you of copyright infringment. Your book has been taken down for now, until you...

Har! How to Deal with Book Piracy

I saw the other day a post about book piracy in Anastacia Moore’s blog. She was rightly fuming, because, while checking out her video trailers, she noticed that someone was advertising on You Tube a link to receive free copies of said books. A few days before...

Should I fear Piracy? Insights from the PWC report

When I started sending my drafts to agents and publishers, I could not fathom how someone would not want to steal my incredibly rich and amazing stories of dark epic fantasy/sci-fi.  If I could stamp every single page of my masterpiece with my copyright notice, my...